October 30, 2007

Prepress Software :: RE: Microsoft Excel .XLS file import issue in QuarkXPress

Prepress Software :: RE: Microsoft Excel .XLS file import issue in QuarkXPress
Hello, The way you are doing it is a method that may (usually) work but only with very simple files. So, what I do is always make the file into an PDF, then an EPS, that (always) works. Quark Xpress prefers an EPS or Tiff over anything else. (1) What you do is print the file from MS Excel to Distiller, be sure color PDF settings are set to CMYK so that you don't come out with an RGB file. Open & Set your Distiller to PDF/X-1a before you print is best. (2) Then open that file in Acrobat and save as an EPS file. Set level 2 eps, cmyk color space, an... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6741

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